Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
WILLIAM COWPERAfter long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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